You might be wondering who I am... ( and
then again, you probably couldn't care less)
My name is Mike, I live in the north suburbs of
My wife's name is Linda, she is the "Light of My
Life" (Mamita, te quiero con TODO mi corizon).
Linda and I enjoy camping a lot and since we just moved to Texas, we just sold
our 36 acre private camping spot "in the middle of nowhere",
Wisconsin (to the farmer next door, I wasn't even trying to sell
it) When we go camping, I take the 'scope and if the weather's nice
we observe and watch for meteors and satelites.
Since we just joined the Texas Astronomical Society, we sometimes go camping at
their "dark sky" campsite. It's in "the
middle of nowhere" OOOOOOOO - kla - Homa ("where the wind comes whistlin'
down the plain"), very dark there, excellent star gazing location.
One of the beautiful things about "dark sky" places is that they
are also very, very peaceful and quiet.
Linda and I have been together for almost 15 years (seems like 15
minutes). Between us we have 5 Children: Viktrola
(short for Vicky), Gilly Bob Rockstar
FJ (short for Gilbert), Raunchy
(short for Veronica), Geener the Weener (short for Gina) and Tick Boy (short for
Jeffrey). I think that's in order, youngest to oldest. Stay tuned,
more about our children later.
We also have 9 Grandchildren (plus a “bun in the oven”)!
Youngest is Bert (Faith
Butter Bean
(Jenny Lynn), then
Chopper
(short for Michael), then
Awesome (short for
Sara Bell
(short for Sarah Ashley), then
Buster
(short for Jared Matthew), then
Bola de Mantequilla (short for Diamante Amor), then
Booger (short
for Brittaney) and finally
Ash
(short for Ashliegh), the oldest.
Yep, that's
all nine of the little buggers! Here's a
picture of ALL NINE of the little boogers, Count ‘em,
NINE! Left to right, top to bottom they are:
Diamante, Buster, Butter Bean, Sara Belle, Awesome, Bert, Ash, Booger, and of
course Chopper!
Last but not least...
Oh yeah, I almost forgot, we have THREE
puppies. There's Pebbles, she's 12 years old and weighs about 65 lbs.,
and
there's Chiefy, he's 8 years old and weighs about 75
lbs. And lets not forget Stoney the Penguin, she’s about 8 months old and weighs in
at about 45 pounds. All three are just
big, goofy lap dogs. They go camping with us sometimes and they keep an
eye on the Grand Kids when they are out playing in the yard. Pebby, Chiefy and the Stoney-saurus
love all children very much. I pity the poor fool that tries to mess with
the Grand Kids because Pebby, Chiefy
and the Stone-Meister are AMERICAN
PIT BULL TERRIERS and
are very protective of the things they love. Please don't misunderstand, these pups are very well behaved, well
socialized and very friendly. You
need not fear Pebby, Chiefy
or the Penguin if you are pure of heart and your intentions are
honorable. If you are NOT pure of heart with honorableintentions,
however, that’s to
bad, 'cause then you're............ DOG CHOW!!
